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Lexicon :: Strong's H3556 - kôḵāḇ

Aa
כּוֹכָב
Transliteration
kôḵāḇ
Pronunciation
ko-kawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the same as כַּבּוֹן (H3522) (in the sense of rolling) or כָּוָה (H3554) (in the sense of blazing)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 942a

Strong’s Definitions

כּוֹכָב kôwkâb, ko-kawb'; probably from the same as H3522 (in the sense of rolling) or H3554 (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince:—star(-gazer).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H3556 in the following manner: star (36x), stargazers (with H2374) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H3556 in the following manner: star (36x), stargazers (with H2374) (1x).
  1. star

    1. of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous progeny, personification, God's omniscience (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כּוֹכָב kôwkâb, ko-kawb'; probably from the same as H3522 (in the sense of rolling) or H3554 (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince:—star(-gazer).
STRONGS H3556: Abbreviations
כּוֺכָב noun masculineGenesis 15:5 star (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כּוֺכְבָא, כּוֺכַבְתָּא bdb045609, bdb045610, feminine form specifically of planet Venus, see also WeSkizzen iii. 36, 38; Arabic bdb045611 generally of single stars and probably Aramaic loan-word, WeSkizzen iii. 173; Ethiopic bdb045612; probably for *כבכב see Mahri kubkob, kobkib, etc., MaltzanZMG 1873, 227 and Assyrian kakkabu DlHWB 336; Punic κακαβουμ (Dioscorides), name of a plant, probably from shape of seed-cup, BlauZMG xxvii, 1873, 529; on formation compare NöM § 109 BaNB § 138. 1) — כ׳ absolute Numbers 24:17; construct כּוֺכַב Amos 5:26; plural כּוֺכָבִים Genesis 1:16 19 times; construct כּוֺכְבֵי (כֹּכְבֵי) Genesis 22:17 13 times; כֹּכְבֵיהֶם Ezekiel 32:7; — singular only אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כ׳ Amos 5:26 (where, however, כ׳ is probably a gloss, so GFM Dec. 19, 1890, and now We; see further כִּיּוּן); and מִיַּעֲקֹב כ׳ Numbers 24:12 (J E; || שֵׁבֶט בישׂראל, metaphor of future ruler); elsewhere plural stars, || sun and moon (compare also below) Genesis 1:16 (P) Psalm 136:9 (to rule the night, compare Genesis 1:16), Jeremiah 31:35; Genesis 37:9 (E), Joseph's dream (אַחַד עָשָׂר כ׳ = 11 brethren); Deuteronomy 4:19 object of idolatrous worship (compare below); observed in augury הַחֹזִים בַּכּ׳ Isaiah 47:13 (of Babylon); Ecclesiastes 12:2 (|| (also) light; figurative of brightness of youth); || sun Job 9:7; || moon Psalm 8:4; sign of evening Nehemiah 4:15 (מֵעֲלוֺת הַשַּׁחַר עַד צֵאת הַכּ׳) compare כּוֺכְבֵי נִשְׁכּוֺ Job 3:9 (apparently sign of dawn); numbered by God Psalm 147:4; simile of abundant posterity, Genesis 15:5; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 26:4; Exodus 32:13 (all J E); of Israel Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 10:22; Deuteronomy 28:62; 1 Chronicles 27:32; Nehemiah 9:23; of number of merchants of Nineveh Nahum 3:16; as lofty, Job 22:12; so in figure of haughty nations Obadiah 4; Isaiah 14:13; compare symbolic vision of Daniel (|| צָבָא, צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם) Daniel 8:10; simile of brightness of righteous Daniel 12:3; not pure (זַכּוּ) before God Job 25:5 (|| moon); darkened in Yahweh's judgment Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15; Ezekiel 32:7 (|| sun and moon; so) Isaiah 13:10 (|| also כְּסִילֵיהֶם); personified: as fighting Judges 5:20; shouting Job 38:7 (בְּרָןיַֿחַד כּוֺכְבֵי בֹקֶר, || בְּנֵי אֱלֹחִים); praising Psalm 148:3 (כּוֺכְבֵי אוֺר, || sun and moon). — On stars in Arabic mythology see WeSkizzen iii. 173 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:16; 1:16; 1:16; 15:5; 15:5; 22:17; 22:17; 26:4; 37:9

Exodus

32:13

Numbers

24:12; 24:17

Deuteronomy

1:10; 4:19; 10:22; 28:62

Judges

5:20

1 Chronicles

27:32

Nehemiah

4:15; 9:23

Job

3:9; 9:7; 22:12; 25:5; 38:7

Psalms

8:4; 136:9; 147:4; 148:3

Ecclesiastes

12:2

Isaiah

13:10; 14:13; 47:13

Jeremiah

31:35

Ezekiel

32:7; 32:7

Daniel

8:10; 12:3

Joel

2:10

Amos

5:26; 5:26

Obadiah

1:4

Nahum

3:16

H3556

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3556 matches the Hebrew כּוֹכָב (kôḵāḇ),
which occurs 37 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16 - God H430 made H6213 the two H8147 great H1419 lights H3974, the greater H1419 light H3974 [fn]to govern H4475 the day H3117, and the lesser H6996 light H3974 [fn]to govern H4475 the night H3915; He made the stars H3556 also.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5 - And He took H3318 him outside H2351 and said H559, “Now H4994 look H5027 toward the heavens H8064 and count H5608 the stars H3556, if H518 you are H3201 able H3201 to count H5608 them.” And He said H559 to him, “So H3541 shall your [fn]descendants H2233 be.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - indeed H3588 I will greatly H1288 bless H1288 you, and I will greatly H7235 multiply H7235 your [fn]seed H2233 as the stars H3556 of the heavens H8064 and as the sand H2344, which H834 is on the seashore H3220 H8193; and your [fn]seed H2233 shall possess H3423 the gate H8179 of [fn]their enemies H340.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - “I will multiply H7235 your [fn]descendants H2233 as the stars H3556 of heaven H8064, and will give H5414 your [fn]descendants H2233 all H3605 these H411 lands H776; and by your [fn]descendants H2233 all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776 [fn]shall be blessed H1288,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 -

Then he [fn]had H2492 yet H5750 another H312 dream H2472, and informed H5608 his brothers H251 of it, and said H559, “Behold H2009, I have [fn]had H2492 yet H5750 another dream H2472; and behold H2009, the sun H8121 and the moon H3394, and eleven H259 H6240 stars H3556 were bowing H2331 down H2331 to me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - “Remember H2142 Abraham H85, Isaac H3327, and Israel H3478, Your servants H5650 to whom H834 You swore H7650 by Yourself, and said H1696 to them, ‘I will multiply H7235 your [fn]descendants H2233 as the stars H3556 of the heavens H8064, and all H3605 this H2088 land H776 of which H834 I have spoken H559 I will give H5414 to your [fn]descendants H2233, and they shall inherit H5157 it forever H5769.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 -

I see H7200 him, but not now H6258;

I look H7789 at H7789 him, but not near H7138;

A star H3556 shall appear H1869 from Jacob H3290,

A scepter H7626 shall rise H6965 from Israel H3478,

And shall smash H4272 the [fn]forehead H6285 of Moab H4124,

And overcome H6979 all H3605 the sons H1121 of Sheth H8352.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - ‘The LORD H3068 your God H430 has multiplied H7235 you, and behold H2009, you are this day H3117 like the stars H3556 of heaven H8064 in number H7230.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - “And be careful not to raise H5375 your eyes H5869 to heaven H8064 and look H7200 at the sun H8121, the moon H3394, and the stars H3556, all H3605 the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights H6635, and allow yourself to be drawn H5080 away H5080 and worship H2331 them and serve H5647 them, things which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has allotted H2505 to all H3605 the peoples H5971 under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:22 - “Your fathers H1 went H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 seventy H7657 persons H5315 in all, and now H6258 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has made H7760 you as numerous H7230 as the stars H3556 of heaven H8064.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - “Then you will be left H7604 few H4592 in [fn]number H4962, whereas H8478 H834 you were as numerous H7230 as the stars H3556 of heaven H8064, because H3588 you did not [fn]obey H8085 H6963 the LORD H3068 your God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 -

“The stars H3556 fought H3898 from heaven H8064,

From their paths H4546 they fought H3898 against H5973 Sisera H5516.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - But David H1732 did not [fn]count H5375 H4557 those twenty H6242 years H8141 of age H1121 and under H4295, because H3588 the LORD H3068 had said H559 He would multiply H7235 Israel H3478 as the stars H3556 of heaven H8064.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 -

So we carried H6213 on the work H4399 with half H2677 of them holding H2388 spears H7420 from [fn]dawn H5927 H7837 until H5704 the stars H3556 [fn]appeared H3318.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:23 -

“You made H7235 their sons H1121 as numerous H7235 as the stars H3556 of heaven H8064,

And You brought H935 them into the land H776

Which H834 You had told H559 their fathers H1 to enter H935 and possess H3423.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 -

“May the stars H3556 of its twilight H5399 be darkened H2821;

May it wait H6960 for light H216 but have H369 none H369,

And may it not see H7200 the [fn]breaking H6079 dawn H7837;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:7 -

Who commands H559 the sun H2775 [fn]not to shine H2224,

And puts H2856 a H2856 seal H2856 on the stars H3556;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:12 -

“Is God H433 not in the height H1363 of heaven H8064?

Look H7200 also at the [fn]highest H7218 stars H3556, how H3588 high H7311 they are H7311!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 -

“If H2005 even H5704 the moon H3394 has H166 no H3808 brightness H166

And the stars H3556 are not pure H2141 in His sight H5869,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:7 -

When the morning H1242 stars H3556 sang H7442 together H3162

And all H3605 the sons H1121 of God H430 shouted H7321 for H7321 joy H7321?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3 -

When H3588 I [fn]consider H7200 Your heavens H8064, the work H4639 of Your fingers H676,

The moon H3394 and the stars H3556, which H834 You have set H3559 in H3559 place H3559;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:9 -

The moon H3394 and stars H3556 to rule H4475 [fn]by night H3915,

For His faithfulness H2617 is everlasting H5769.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 -

He counts H4487 the number H4557 of the stars H3556;

He [fn]gives H7121 names H8034 to all H3605 of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:3 -

Praise H1984 Him, sun H8121 and moon H3394;

Praise H1984 Him, all H3605 stars H3556 of light H216!

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - before H5704 H834 H3808 the sun H8121 and the light H216, the moon H3394 and the stars H3556 are darkened H2821, and clouds H5645 return H7725 after H310 the rain H1653;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 -

For the stars H3556 of heaven H4605 and their constellations H3685

Will not flash H1984 their light H216;

The sun H8121 will be H2821 dark H2821 when it rises H3318

And the moon H3394 will not shed H5050 its light H216.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 -

“But you said H559 in your heart H3824,

‘I will ascend H5927 to heaven H4605;

I will raise H7311 my throne H3678 above H4605 the stars H3556 of God H410,

And I will sit H3427 on the mount H2022 of assembly H4150

In the recesses H3411 of the north H6828.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 -

“You are wearied H3811 with your many H7230 counsels H6098;

Let now H4994 the astrologers H1895 H8064,

Those who prophesy H2372 by the stars H3556,

Those who predict H3045 by the new H2320 moons H2320,

Stand H5975 up and save H3467 you from what H834 will come H935 upon you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 -

This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559,

He who gives H5414 the sun H8121 for light H216 by day H3119

And the [fn]fixed H2708 order H2708 of the moon H3394 and the stars H3556 for light H216 by night H3915,

Who stirs H7280 up the sea H3220 so that its waves H1530 roar H1993

The LORD H3068 of armies H6635 is His name H8034:

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 -

“And when I extinguish H3518 you,

I will cover H3680 the heavens H8064 and darken H6937 their stars H3556;

I will cover H3680 the sun H8121 with a cloud H6051

And the moon H3394 will not give H215 its light H216.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:10 - It grew H1431 up H1431 to the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights H6635, and some H4480 of the [fn]lights H6635, [fn]that is, some H4480 of the stars H3556 it threw H5307 down H5307 to the earth H776, and it trampled H7429 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3 - “And [fn]those who have H7919 insight H7919 will shine H2094 like the glow H2096 of the [fn]expanse H7549 of H7549 heaven H7549, and those who [fn]lead H6663 the many H7227 to H6663 righteousness H6663, like the stars H3556 forever H5769 and ever H5703.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 -

Before H6440 them the earth H776 quakes H7264,

The heavens H8064 tremble H7493,

The sun H8121 and the moon H3394 become H6937 dark H6937,

And the stars H3556 lose H622 their brightness H5051.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 -

The sun H8121 and moon H3394 have become H6937 dark H6937,

And the stars H3556 have lost H622 their brightness H5051.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - “You also carried H5375 along [fn]Sikkuth H5522 your king H4428 and [fn]Kiyyun H3594, your images H6754, [fn]the star H3556 of your gods H430 which H834 you made H6213 for yourselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 -

“Though H518 you make H1361 your home high H1361 like the eagle H5404,

Though H518 you set H7760 your nest H7064 among H996 the stars H3556,

From there H8033 I will bring H3381 you down H3381,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 -

You have made H7235 your traders H7402 more H4480 numerous H7235 than H4480 the stars H3556 of heaven H8064

The creeping H3218 locust H3218 sheds H6584 its skin H6584 and flies H5774 away.

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